{"id":2285,"date":"2020-03-01T03:52:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T03:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chilledmagazine.com\/stpatricksday\/?p=2285"},"modified":"2020-03-03T15:41:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T15:41:22","slug":"single-pot-still-whiskey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chilledmagazine.com\/stpatricksday\/single-pot-still-whiskey\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Pot Still Whiskey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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St. Patrick\u2019s Day is March 17. For most of us on the emerald holiday, we choose to celebrate the passing of Ireland\u2019s patron saint by hoisting a dram in his name a good choice is one of the five new Irish whiskeys that have come out in just the last few months.<\/h3>\n

The signature style, though, is single pot still whiskey. This style of whiskey-making fell onto hard times, along with the rest of the Irish whiskey industry, but has enjoyed a revival hand-in-glove with the broader resurgence of Irish whiskey in recent years.<\/p>\n

Like Scotch whisky, the Irish make malt whiskey (100% malted barley, distilled in pot stills)<\/em> and grain whiskey (mix of grains, distilled in column stills)<\/em>, and bring these together in blended whiskeys like Bushmills. Unlike the Scots, they have a third, traditional style thrown into the mix: pot still whiskey. The style is said to have originated as a way of skirting the British revenuer, when a tax on malted barley was imposed in 1785. Irish distillers responded by making whiskey with a mixture of malted barley and (untaxed)<\/em> regular barley, incidentally creating a distinctively robust, spicier spirit. For much of the early 19th Century, pot still whiskey helped make Ireland the world\u2019s leading exporter in the whiskey trade.<\/p>\n\n\t\t